Rocket Ship

"BIG FEATURE SENSATION! Amazing STRANGE WORLD ADVENTURES! From Alex Raymond's Famous Newspaper Strip"

A heavy condensation of the 1936 serial Flash Gordon, with altered musical score. Flash Gordon, Dale Arden and Dr. Hans Zarkov visit the planet Mongo to thwart the evil schemes of Emperor Ming the Merciless, who has set his planet on a collision course with Earth. Released abroad as "Flash Gordon" for countries not interested in booking the serial, and never shown in the USA before 1950, where the title was changed to "Rocket Ship".

Director: Frederick Stephani

Cast

Buster Crabbe

Flash Gordon

Jean Rogers

Dale Arden

Charles Middleton

Emperor Ming

Priscilla Lawson

Princess Aura

Frank Shannon

Dr. Hans Zarkov

Richard Alexander

Prince Barin

Jack 'Tiny' Lipson

King Vultan

Theodore Lorch

High Priest